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Heavyweight boxer from Tuam

dec25532 · 2009-07-02 20:15:29

There is a heavyweight boxer in Manchester called Tyson Fury who is challenging for both the British and Irish titles. Read an interview with him and he says his father is from Tuam . . . but I presume his father's name would be spelt Furey rather than Fury. The people of Tuam should adopt him quickly in case he gets…

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02-07-2009 9:15pm

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There is a heavyweight boxer in Manchester called Tyson Fury who is challenging for both the British and Irish titles. Read an interview with him and he says his father is from Tuam . . . but I presume his father's name would be spelt Furey rather than Fury. The people of Tuam should adopt him quickly in case he gets famous. Anyone know anything about him or where exactly he is from. Could even be from Corofin direction.

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It might be worth contacting the Sports Editor of the Tuam Herald to do a piece on it. Looks like he's gonna hit the big time!

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#3 10-07-2009 10:27am
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http://www.galwaynews.ie/8092-tuam039s-fighting-fury-sets-sight-crown

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